As Proconsul Bremer scuttles home like a rat, Dubbyuh heaps praise upon him for his incompetence. All he did was follow his marching orders. Hand Iraq over to the Iraqi's on (or before) June 30th..whether it's ready or not.

The GAO report on his tenure shows that electrical generating capacity is at, and in some cases below, what it was at the begining of the occupation. Iraqi security forces, that were suppossed to be trained by the CPA, were largely ineffective and sometimes deserted their posts. Also, it found that the Proconsul failed to adequately staff the CPA, which was at about 30% below optimal levels.

The CPA's own inspector general found that the Proconsul's agency also failef to adequately supervise the some $9 billion in international aid that flowed through its accounts, resulting in millions of dollars in cost over-runs, and some funds completely unaccounted for.

Yes indeed boys and girls...Proconsul Bremer's occupation of Iraq was a smashing success. We'll see how long this house of cards stands.

Originally posted by Bullypulpit As Proconsul Bremer scuttles home like a rat, Dubbyuh heaps praise upon him for his incompetence. All he did was follow his marching orders. Hand Iraq over to the Iraqi's on (or before) June 30th..whether it's ready or not.

The GAO report on his tenure shows that electrical generating capacity is at, and in some cases below, what it was at the begining of the occupation. Iraqi security forces, that were suppossed to be trained by the CPA, were largely ineffective and sometimes deserted their posts. Also, it found that the Proconsul failed to adequately staff the CPA, which was at about 30% below optimal levels.

The CPA's own inspector general found that the Proconsul's agency also failef to adequately supervise the some $9 billion in international aid that flowed through its accounts, resulting in millions of dollars in cost over-runs, and some funds completely unaccounted for.

Yes indeed boys and girls...Proconsul Bremer's occupation of Iraq was a smashing success. We'll see how long this house of cards stands.

Congratulations Iraq!
The Iraq handover is complete. Paul Bremmer has left Iraq for an undisclosed location. Maybe he heard about my party. I will raise my glass in toast because:

(Courtesy of the Denver Post and Scripps Howard News Service Saturday print version)

GOVERNMENT

Ministries: Turned over all 26 of Iraqs new ministries to Iraqi control
Councils: Established 16 regional councils, 192 city or subdistrict councils, 392 neighborhood councils. As a result 4.5 million Iraqis in 90 percent of the nations municipalities have operating city or town councils.

Associations: Created more than 660 community associations devoted to grass-roots democracy. Hosted more than 10,000 democracy development activities in which more than 312,000 Iraqi participants learned about democracy.

Judicial: Facilitated judicial reform, leading to more than 500 courts and more than 600 judges functioning independently from the executive branch.

Rebuilding: Rehabilitated nine government ministries, Baghdad mayoral buildings and nine city halls in other municipalities. Provided furniture and office equipment to 40 directorates and agencies.

Mail: Instituted a mail ZIP code system.

HEALTH

Rebuilding: Refurbished and equipped more than 240 hospitals and 1,200 health clinics.

Children: Vaccinated more than 3 million Iraqi children under the age of 5 and more than 5 million ages 6 to 12, raising the total immunization rate of all Iraqi children to about 85 percent.

School supplies: Donated shoulder bags containing notebooks, pencils, pens, calculators and rulers to 1.5 million high school children.

Textbooks: Provided 8.7 million textbooks to primary and secondary schools.

Teachers: Trained more than 32,000 secondary-school teachers and 3,000 supervisors in education and management skills.

Teacher salaries: Increased the salaries of teachers by 12 to 25 times their former paychecks.

SECURITY

Arms: Discovered more than 8,700 arms caches and destroyed about 13,000 tons of armaments.

Wanted: Captured 46 of the 55 most-wanted members of the former Baathist regime, including former President Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi Police: Hired more than 77,000 Iraqi police officers, 30,000 personnel for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and 20,000 officers for the Iraqi Border Police Force. But 70 percent of these personnel have not been trained yet.

Other Forces: Hired 73,000 personnel for the Facility Protection Service, which guards oil fields, pipelines and power plants.

Iraqi Army: Signed up 6,800 soldiers for the new Iraqi army, but only about 3,000 have been trained.

Claims: Paid 4751 claims so far to Iraqis who say their property was damaged by U.S. forces.

ECOMONY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Oil: Raised oil production to 2.3 million barrels a day, bringing revenues of nearly $7 billion this year, even after repeated insurgent attacks on oil pipelines and other facilities. The Iraq government is in control of the oil industry, which still has not reached top prewar production levels of 2.8 million to 3 million barrels per day.

Power: Reached a peak of 4.500 megawatts of electricity generated. In most Baghdad homes, the power is on fewer than nine hours a day.

Currency: Introduced a new currency, whose value has held steady. Opened the Iraqi Stock Exchange.

Funds: Secured more than $13 billion in reconstruction aid from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and 37 countries.

Jobs: Hired 25,000 Iraqis to work on reconstruction projects.

Literacy: Allocated $27 million to projects to foster literacy among women and to provide leadership, computer, vocational and small-business ownership training for women.

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